FF! 8.0 Development Notes

The Full Install includes two new Styles: Logo and Shaded Logo. Foxfire! now provides two default templates with logos that may be modified. The UI to change them has not been completed but it is controlled at the Preference Level in a field in FFPREFER called pf_logo.

If you want to have a global logo, however, you can simply modify the system variable ff_userlogo in FFCONFIG.PRG.

A new update to the Mind's Eye Reporting engine has also been included. This fixes several positioning problems that previously were occurring when using lines with grouped variables and more.

Note: A lot of the changes in this build are removing older platform-specific functionality. This will make it easier for those users who like to go through the source code to follow everything.

Fix: Back color editing error when editing MULTJOIN.

Fix: Request Output option is now selected in output tab. Earlier versions always defaulted to Screen.

Fix: Group footer captions are now set to Float to properly align with over items.

Fix: When modifying report layout, and the report already exists, the dialog wasn't always clear to read.

Fix: Bug for modifying joins in earlier build.

Fix: Error when creating a new data item and typing in the expression box in the Quick Item Editor

Fix: When adding data items to request, data items with similar names (Cars Age vs Cars Age at sale) can now be added. Previously it was preventing these additions from going in.

Fix: Fixed Edit button in Filter editor tab. It wasn't doing anything.

Fix: The undocked workbench now refreshes properly.

Fix: Problem when running reports after upgrading from older versions. fld_line was not being populated properly.

Fix: Resolved problem with missing API library.

Upd: Removal of DOS Shell for editing non-Windows reports. All report layouts will be using the Windows layout in Foxfire! 8.0.

Upd: Removal of character reports and ensured that PDF output worked when not going to the screen.

Upd: Output screen now shows all of the Styles available. The full install now features new styles with Logos for both the shaded view and the Presentation template.

Upd: Every user now has access to a Zoom dialog

Upd: All textboxes and edits may be zoomed.

Upd: Updated all forms using older classes to using proper base classes.

Upd: User is able to edit the name of the request directly in the Preview area.

Upd: When editing directly in the preview area, the width of the textbox is displayed properly.

Upd: Enhanced Resize for output options so buttons all fit right under Layout text.

Upd: Added Detect and Repair to the Help menu. Use this whenever you aren't sure about the status of your files or you are getting errors about missing variables. It ensures all structures are correct and up to date.

Upd: Updated Detect and Repair method to work with windows font settings.